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From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Tailgating 18-wheelers: Solution (guaranteed, even!)
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Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 07:28:31 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 23 07:28:31 1985
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>   Take 3-4 fairly good sized GLASS Christmas tree ornaments and fill them 
>   with some kind of paint (I like black oil-based house paint).  Then seal 
>   the tops of them with children's Play-doh or something similar. [...]
>   Then, when some jerk in a 18-wheeler pulls up behind you like that, first
>   be polite and ask him to move back by waving out the window with your hand.
>   If he doesn't back off, simply reach over and pick up one of the ornaments,
>   hold it at arm's length out the window, and throw it straight up.  I don't
>   know of too many people who can see through house paint!  It really works,
>   although the consequences can be quite drastic...
>
>I don't quite see how this works.  You see, if you throw the ornament
>straight up, it is still traveling at the same speed as your car.
>So what exactly makes it slow down in mid space and wait for the truck
>behind you?  Of course air resistance will help this, but this will be
>minimal on a smooth object like a ball.  Further, gravity will also be
>working hard to pull it down.  

Just keep working at it until you perfect the throw!
-- 
James C Armstrong, Jnr.   ihnp4!abnji!nyssa

Chap with wings there, five rounds rapid!